章 40: Chapter 40

“Steve, I’m going to take Lad and Lady for a walk now. I want you gone by the time I get back.”

“But, Dan, I do lo—”

“Save it,” Dan said, holding up a hand. He got to his feet and called Lad and Lady. “We’ll be about a half hour. That should give you enough time.” 9

The day after Dan had kicked Steve out of his house, he de-activated his online profiles. He wasn’t up to going through this again, not after what had happened with Rocky, Damion, and finally Steve.

Dan was reasonably sure he wouldn’t do well with casual sex. Having sex with perfect strangers, pretending for the brief time you were together the physical intimacy meant something more than satisfying sexual needs, would leave him feeling empty. At the same time, he knew he wasn’t wired for being alone. But for just then he didn’t want to think about any of it.